Graham v. Florida
- Decided
- May 17, 2010
- Docket
- No. 08-7412
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that “it is for the litigants to provide data to aid the Court” on national consensus prong of categorical cruel and unusual punishment analysis — State v. Boche (2016)
- holding that imposition of life-without-parole sentences on juveniles who did not commit homicides violates the Eighth Amendment — State v. Long (2014)
- holding that Eighth Amendment proportionality principle prohibits imposition of life without parole sentence on juvenile who did not commit homicide — State v. Houston (2015)
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How the opinion begins
[*832] OPINION OF THE COURT [560 U.S. 52] Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.
The issue before the Court is whether the Constitution permits a juvenile offender to be sentenced to life in prison [560 U.S. 53] without parole for a nonhomicide crime. The sentence was imposed by the State of Florida. Petitioner challenges the sentence under the Eighth Amendment’s Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause, made applicable to the States by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, 82 S. Ct. 1417, 8 L. Ed. 2d 758 (1962).
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Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48 (2010)Read the full opinion
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